Frank Evans (“Joe”) was Master in charge of Cricket at the School for 31 years. He founded the Lynxes and was the Club’s President between 1947 and 1979.
In 1980 the Club presented a trophy his memory, to be played for in the Lynxes match versus Cranbrook Town.
This fixture was played on at home and away in alternate years from 1985 onwards, but in 2003 the fixture was dropped due to the difficulty in raising sides.
Since the Lynxes club was formed the overall record against Cranbrook Town has been as follows:
Played 46 Won 23 Drawn 10 Lost 13
Winners of the Trophy were as follows:
1980 Lynxes C.C. 1981 Match drawn 1982 Lynxes C.C. 1983 Match drawn 1984 Lynxes C.C. 1985 No play - rain 1986 Cranbrook C.C. 1987 Match abandoned - rain 1988 Lynxes C.C.
1989 Match drawn
1990 Cranbrook C.C.
1991 Cranbrook C.C. 1992 Lynxes C.C. 1993 Match drawn 1994 Lynxes C.C. 1995 Lynxes C.C. 1996 Lynxes C.C. 1997 Lynxes C.C. 1998 Lynxes C.C. 1999 Match rained off 2000 Match cancelled 2001 Lynxes C.C. 2002 Lynxes C.C. 2003 Cranbrook C.C.
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